Inside No. 9

[escargot]

All the clues were there.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Love Is A Stranger - watched it alone, which was lucky because I guessed the twist in the first minute from the radio news.

Me too. Bit disappointed that I wasn't proved wrong and there wasn't really a twist.

 

[pandacracker]

and there wasn't really a twist.

Maybe that was the twist?

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Maybe that was the twist?

See what you mean. Compared with Paraskevidekatriaphobia though - easily the best of the recent trio of No. 9s and which had a clever double-twist that blindsided me, I thought Love Is A Stranger fell rather flat.
After 8 series, I guess it must be hard to maintain the standard.

 

[escargot]

Me too. Bit disappointed that I wasn't proved wrong and there wasn't really a twist.

A great twist would have been that

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Vicky met another serial killer and they met up and had to fight it out.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

A great twist would have been that

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Vicky met another serial killer and they met up and had to fight it out.

Or....

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When she mentioned being a carer, I was half expecting it to go all Norman Batesy and, after trapping her hapless would-be suiters somewhere in her house, they discover a mummified mummy in a wheelchair.

 

[Rerenny]

my reaction to the latest episode of Inside No. 9

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

my reaction to the latest episode of Inside No. 9

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the recommendation!
Will watch 3 by 3 later tonight.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Nice one!

Inside No. 9's tribute to

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Scanners!

 

[escargot]

We've just seen 3 By 3.
Techy laughed so hard I thought he'd have a conniption.

 

[CharmerKamelion]

We've just seen 3 By 3.
Techy laughed so hard I thought he'd have a conniption.

Thoroughly enjoying this season of "Inside No. 9". Amazed at how Shearsmith & Pemberton keep up such a standard. I loved the conceit of "3 x 3" - I love quiz shows but will never watch them in quite the same way again. Kudos to Lee Mack for his work on that, and to the supporting cast too.

"Love is a Stranger" worked well for me. The clues were there, as has been noted, but with this show half the fun (at least) is getting wrongfooted by red herrings. Claire Rushbrook was fantastic as lovelorn Vicky.

I haven't seen all the episodes from previous seasons as yet, but on the strength of this year's bunch, I will be iplayering them all over the next few months.

 

[CharmerKamelion]

Nice one!

Inside No. 9's tribute to

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Scanners!

Defo, but also hints of both......

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"Ghostwatch" - in the last few moments - and "League of Gentlemen" - nosebleeds (blink and you'd miss that).

 

[escargot]

Have to say, I sympathise with Joe.

 

[TangletwigsDeux]

That last one lingers in your head for a long time. Well it did in mine, classic No 9.

 

[Sabresonic]

Seen 4 episodes so far and loved them all.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

As soon as my wife saw the bath, she said

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I bet that's concrete.

and I then said

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Yeah - it's going to be scaphism

I do love it when we manage to guess the twist before the grand denouement!

 

[escargot]

I've been reading about the Inside prank.

Here's a page from January about the then-upcoming new episodes.
Inside No 9 goes on the buses...

The article has a photo of the actor Robin Askwith with the No 9 pair, done up as if for an On The Buses episode.
However, the episode was postponed and we had the quiz show instead.

Bastards.